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[Kurt arrived none too gently in the middle of the night, lying in front of the fountain. His head was dizzy, but when he finally came to, he realized people were walking by him without so much as looking at him, despite his current state. He realized it was night time, but he was still stunned that they didn't seem to notice him. It was only when he waved his own hand in front of his face and realized he could barely see it that he became suspicious. After moving into the light, it was almost as if he was not stepping from the shadows, but front a literal blanket of darkness. It was almost as if the darkness made him completely invisible.

After making his way to the roof, he realized that everything around him was so much clearer. It wasn't quite like daylight, but he could see even into the dark alleyways with almost perfect clarity. Whatever the Malnosso did to him, it was weird. He makes his way home that night, not realizing an even bigger surprise is waiting for him.]

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[The next day when Kurt goes out, he does so with a pair of sunglasses on, in order to cover his now glowing eyes. He avoids the Brigade meeting on purpose (and will be doing so for awhile), instead settling for the mundane task of a quick trip to the grocery store. He's trying to avoid being spotted, so most of his travel will be done by roof top. For the sake of his friends though, he does leave a voice post. He's still wearing his sunglasses for that.]

Hey everyone, it's Kurt. Looks like I'm back. I'm just ahhh... a little under the weather, yeah? I'll be back to normal in no time.

[At least, he hopes he will.]

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[She gasps sharply at the sight of those eyes. One of her hand goes up to rest on her chest in shock.]

Kurt - your eyes...!

[Yeah, that just makes him look back down at his cereal.]

The Malnosso did it.

[All right, so perhaps that wasn't the best reaction. Still, it takes but a second for Ororo to get over the shock and hurry over so she can worry over him.]

But you're all right, otherwise? When did you return? [why didn't you wake her up, she should've been up to make sure he was okay]

I'm fine. [As fine as he can be now that he's twice as freaky looking.] It was pretty late last night. I was trying not to wake everyone up.

[She'll lay a hand on his arm.]

... You were gone for quite a while. We've been worried.

Three weeks. [Or so he's been told. He remembered most of it overnight too. It was a lot of time alone in a dark cell, unable to teleport. He can't bring himself to look up from staring at his bowl. He just starts pushing the bits of cereal around with his spoon.]

[Oh, Kurt. Ororo moves to take a seat across him, all thought of going for her daily morning flight gone.]

About that long, yes. I can't even begin to imagine... [She trails off, thinks better of continuing that train of thought and shakes her head.] Regardless, it is good to have you back, Kurt. A lot has happened while you were away.

[The fact he's apparently needing so much attention just makes him feel guilty. So for Ororo's sake, he tries to act a little more casual, with only a little success.]

Rogue said the professor is back. [And he can walk. And he isn't living here.]

Yes, the same younger version of himself. He remembers nothing of his previous stay, however. [A pause, and then a sigh.]

Magneto, as well. And neither of them remember anything about Luceti.

Gambit, too. ["Our" Gambit, for as much as that Gambit can belong to them. Rogue tried to give him the full scoop while avoiding the subject of his eyes.] Almost everyone who's been here has come back. [Except Kitty.]

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[Ororo actually hadn't been aware that Gambit was here, once before. Or perhaps it was one memory of Luceti that she couldn't recall. But, speaking of memories...]

And yet so far, it seems that I am the only one to retain memories of living here in Luceti. It is strange.

[Oh, she has a point. He hadn't though about that.]

I guess you got lucky?

I suppose that is one way of putting it. [She doesn't talk about it, but it does bother her a little. Why was she an exception to the rule?]

In any case, perhaps it's best if you prepare yourself for any future meetings with the Professor. [pause,] The differences are a little, shall we say, drastic.

Is he really walking? [Rogue had mentioned it, but it's still pretty hard to believe.]

He is. I still have trouble wrapping my mind around the fact. [But the last Charles had been on a wheelchair, too. Ororo hates to think about what could have caused that.]

So... it's before he was hurt. [And they never ofund out what that was, did they?]

That's right. I hadn't had the chance to mention the wheelchair to him when we last spoke... But perhaps it's better if hold that piece of information from him for now.

Yeah... not exactly something to look forward to, is it?

[She shakes her head.] He asked after Magneto, as well. He comes from a time when they are both still good friends, and so didn't respond favorably to that, either. [Ororo sighs.] It's all rather complicated.

Are you going to tell him about our Magneto? [Even if this one hasn't done all that, who's to say he isn't capable of it?]

I mentioned him, in passing. This Charles is convinced that because we come from different worlds, our Magnetos must be different in temperament and that the Erik he knew would never be capable of what ours is.

[She trails off at that last bit. There's a definite "but" there, even if Ororo doesn't say it aloud.]

What do you think? [He hasn't encountered that version of Magneto and he avoided the previous one. So he's pretty concerned. He's seen Magneto do some really cruel things. Like brainwashing his own daughter.]

I think that we have cause for concern. He may not be the one we know, but the slightest similarity already has me wary; it appears that he has the same views on mutants and humans as our Magneto does.

Big surprise there. Does he realize it's pointless in a place like this?

I'm sure he's been informed of such since he made his invitation over the journals. But you know Magneto, nothing will stop him once he has his mind set on it.

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